Improvement in aiming attachments for fire-arms



G. W. WINGATE.

AIMTNG ATTACHMENT TOR FIRE-ARMS; No.184,743.' Patente@ Nov. 28, 187e.

NFETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTUN. n CA To all whom it may concern:

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GEORGE W. WINGATE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.l

IMPROVEMENT INIAINIING ATTACHMENTS FOR FIORE-ARMS.

` Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent N o. 184,743,6ated November 28, 1876; application iiled september 1s, 1876.

Beit known that I, GEORGE' WOOD WIN- GATE, of the city, county, and State oi' New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Arms, which I term an .In'

,Y dicator for Aiming-Drill, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification.

The objectof my invention is to enable a knowledge of the proper method of aiming and discharging a rifle or other lire-armto be acquired, and to bring the finger and eye of the shooter to work together (as is sought to be accomplished in what is known as aimingdrill) without the use of any charge in the gun or other power than is derived from the fall of the hammer, or force usually applied to secure the discharge of the cartridge, and with` ont altering or injuring the gun used.

Tol enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describethe exact manner in which I `have carriedit out.

In the drawings, A A represent the barrel oi a riiie, in the muzzle of which is placed a tompion, B, having a cap, G, in the center of which is drilled a square hole, d., which is in a line with the axis of the barrel. A rod or plunger, E F, works up and down the barrel,

thebutt part E being made to fit it easily, while the remainder F is squared so as to fit On the end of the butt of this rod E F is placed a pin, g, which slides into the recess left by the retraction of the tiring-pin h when the piece is cocked. On the forward end of the rod is placed a pin, H, of such a shape that its point is in a line with theforesight 1, and the pin itself is concealed by such foresight in aiming.

This invention can be used in any riiie or gun having a firing-pin, or other similar method of exploding iixed ammunition.

[ts operation is as follows: The rod or plunger E F is dropped into the barrel ot a ride, and the tompion B turned so as to bring the pin H in a line with the center of the foresight I. By cooking, and raising the muzzle ofthe gun, the rod or plunger falls to the bottom of the barrel, and the pin g rests against .the firing-pin. When the hammer falls its blow is transmitted through the ring-pin to the rod or plunger, and forces the latter out of the barrel and in a direct line with the axis of the latter. The rod, being tted to the square hole d in the tompion, cannot turn, and the pin H is propelled in a line with the foresight, and makes a puncture at the spotaimed at in the same manner as a ball would have done in actual target practice. Thetompion B adheres to the sides of the barrel and prevents any more than the lsquared portion of the plunger from passing out of it. When the gun is again cocked and raised the rod falls into position for a second shot.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The rod E F, having a point or pin, H, and a guiding device, and adaptedto be operated by the tiring-pin oi' an ordinary rifle or other small arm, substantially as and for the GEO. W. WINGATE. Witnesses FRANK E. SMILEY, H. W. SCHMITZ. 

